Board Members

Tom moved to Westborough area in May 1976 and was elected to the Board of Westborough Water District in November 1997. He was President of the Board in 2001, 2005, 2010, 2014, 2018, and 2021 and has served on the Budget, Capital Improvements, and Public Relations Committees. He also represents the Westborough Water District at the California Special Districts Association, San Mateo County Chapter meetings.

A native-born Californian, Tom grew up in Southern California, receiving his B.A. in Economics and Physics from UC San Diego. He served as a Supply Corps officer in the Navy from 1970 through 1991. His Bay Area tours included USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN 610) while in overhaul at Mare Island, USS Enterprise (CVN 65) while home ported in Alameda, and shore tours at NAS Moffett Field, NSC Oakland and Aviation Division at NAS Alameda. After his military retirement Tom entered the teaching profession. He is currently a math teacher and Mathematics Department Chair at Lowell High School in San Francisco.

In addition to his Bachelor’s degree, Tom has a Master’s degree in Operations Research/Systems Analysis from Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, and in Secondary Education from San Francisco State University.

Don E. Amuzie P.E., Vice President

I am a retired Program Manager, Supervisor with PG&E, a major California investor-owned gas and electric utility. In this position I successfully oversaw program and project managers respectively, responsible for delivering Integrated Design Side Management (IDSM). Before that I directly managed all aspects $30 million state mandated Standard Performance Program to promote energy efficiency within the PG&E service territory.

A California registered professional mechanical engineer (ME) with undergraduate degree from UC Berkeley and masters at San Jose State University both in Mechanical Engineering and MBA in Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco.

I moved to the Westborough area in 1979 and currently a board member of the Westborough Way Homeowners Association. I was recently appointed director of the Westborough Water District and expect my extensive utility experience including my stint as PG&E’s account manager for the City and County of San Francisco (and the Hetch-Hetchy operations) come into play in performing my duties at WWD.

I’ve lived in the Bay Area for more than 50 years and was appointed to the Board of the Westborough Water District on September 24, 2021.

Perry was born in Santa Maria, California, on July 27, 1948. After graduating from high school, he joined the U.S. Army in 1967 and was assigned to the Presidio of San Francisco for 3 years. He got married in 1970. His wife, Jackie (a third‐generation San Franciscan), and he has three children (Michael, April and Laura).

They bought a home in South San Francisco (Westborough) in 1974 and have lived in this community for over 40 years. During that time, they have been actively involved with numerous community programs such as: the Westborough Community Swimming Pool and Advisory Committee, the Save Foxridge Group, the Westborough Roundtable and the League of Westborough Voters.

In 1989, he was elected as a Director to the Westborough Water District and has served in that capacity for the past 25 years. During that time, he also learned many things about water and sewage services. Consequently, he gained valuable knowledge and experience by actually dealing with the drought and earthquake problems of the late 80’s and early 90’s.

He was a Police Officer in San Francisco for 31 years and has been retired since 2005.